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Born to Score? The Relationship between Left-Handedness and Success from the 7-Meter Line
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
Halmstad University, School of Health and Welfare. University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8987-5975
Reykjavik University, Reykjavík, Iceland; University of Split, Split, Croatia.
University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway.
2022 (English)In: Symmetry, E-ISSN 2073-8994, Vol. 14, no 10, article id 2163Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

An asymmetry in the prevalence of left-handedness vs. right-handedness in society has supposedly resulted in negative frequency-dependent advantages for left-handers in interactive sports. The aim of this study was to test whether these advantages apply to handball by examining whether being left-handed is beneficial when executing 7 m shots, a highly unimanual movement. All 1,625 7 m shots at the men’s 2016–2022 European championships were analyzed using a Bayesian two-level analysis. While the results did not indicate that left-handers were more likely to score from any single 7 m shot, left-handers were overrepresented among the designated shooters compared to both the population as a whole (38% vs. 11.6%) and left-handers on any given handball team (38% vs. 25%). The implication here was that handedness plays no role in the outcome of 7 m shots at the world-class level, but handedness does appear to play a role in who becomes a world-class 7 m shooter. © 2022 by the authors.

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Basel: MDPI, 2022. Vol. 14, no 10, article id 2163
Keywords [en]
asymmetry, handball, laterality, negative frequency-dependent advantage, penalties, throwing arm
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Health Sciences
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Health Innovation, M4HP
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-48639DOI: 10.3390/sym14102163ISI: 000875177700001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85140778431OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hh-48639DiVA, id: diva2:1712861
Available from: 2022-11-23 Created: 2022-11-23 Last updated: 2024-04-19Bibliographically approved

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